More on Ralph Mandia

June

I wanted to follow up with some comments from others on the death of Ralph Mandia, longtime Clarkstown town board member. We had an appreciation today, which you can read here.

Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, requested Tuesday night that the Legislature meeting in his memory. Here’s some of what he said about Mandia:

Ralph made judgments from his heart … he could make peple feel there was general care in government.

Here’s a statement sent by state Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City:

I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Councilman Ralph Mandia. My relationship with Ralph goes back to the days when he was my little league coach in West Nyack Little League. Even as a child I was drawn to Ralph’s warm, kind and fun personality. As our relationship transitioned from coach/player to government colleagues my respect for Ralph only grew. He was a gentleman as well as an honest and sincere Public Official. Clarkstown and Rockland County are better off for Mr. Mandia’s service. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Mandia was a Republican, but as comments from Zebrowski and Supervisor Alex Gromack (who said Mandia “epitomized public service”) show, admiration for him crossed party lines.

2005 FILE PHOTO: Ralph Mandia

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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